The Dark Knight Rises before Nolan allows his standards to
fall
Bittersweet is a word that most people have used to describe
the final film in the Christopher Nolan directed Batman Franchise. By
definition, the word bittersweet means “for something to be pleasurable as well
as painful of regretful”. I don’t really see this movie as bittersweet. Where
is the “bitter”? With three wildly successful movies under his belt,
Christopher Nolan has rescued the good name of Batman from the cartoonish hell
that Joel Schumacher left the franchise in after Batman & Robin (1997). So
why not consider this departure a SweetSweet conclusion?
Storyline: Years have passed since Harvey Dent died and
Batman (Bale), after taking the fall to give police a reason the crackdown harder
on crime in Gotham, went into hiding/retirement. When a new threat to the
people of Gotham emerges in the form of a madman named Bane, Batman must come
out of hiding and face off against one of his deadliest foes yet.
The great thing about these movies is that Christopher Nolan
has found a way to improve upon the story and characters in every new film.
While there is obviously a huge void to fill, after the exceptional performance
given by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Tom Hardy’s Bane is a surprisingly
effective and genuinely scary villain.
Worth the admission? As if you can’t tell from the above
comments I think that this movie is 100% worth the price of admission. It’s
pretty long, but the movie never feels like it drags. Of the three films this movie
seems to have the most developed story, the most even (and surprisingly good)
acting, and some of the more iconic imagery that we have seen thus far. All in
all, this may go down in history as the most fitting ending to one of the
greatest Batman stories ever told. A truly good movie that all will enjoy.
Also, I am pleased to say that one of the trailers on The
Dark Knight Rises is the highly anticipated, and long overdue, Man of Steel
trailer. The trailer is short, heartbreakingly poignant, and promises to offer
us a much grittier version of Superman. It absolutely cannot wait to see it!
Notes: I’m the first to admit that I am not a very big fan
of Christian Bale’s Batman. The added GRUFF that he attaches to everything the
character says, even when no one else is listening, is a huge irritation to me.
Batman doesn’t growl. He doesn’t need to. You know who growls? Scrappy Doo. So
whoever they pick to play Batman next (as this is the last time Bale will wear
the cape and cowl) please do not feel the need to make Batman sound quite so
constipated.
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